Anyone who has played Pokémon Diamond, Pearl or Platinum has encountered the opportunity to make a poffin from a berry to give to their Pokémon. Poffins are considered as treats for Pokémon and they help give them certain attributes in order to prepare them for contests. Are you interested? Read on.

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Steps

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Get some berries. You can either do this by picking berries, talking to the woman in the Flower Shop in Floaroma Town, talking to the 'Berry Master' just before you get into Hearthome City, or you can go into the first house you see when going into Pastoria from Hearthome City and talk to the woman in there. If you get a rare berry, you can plant that to get more.

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As most Pokémon fans already know, you can go to the Poffin House in Hearthome City. You will be offered to make a poffin with a berry you have. You can choose any you like.

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Once you have chosen your berry, you get to play a mini-game where you actually make your poffin using your DS Stylus on the touch screen. You will need to mix the batter either clockwise (indicated by a green circular arrow) or counter-clockwise (indicated by a blue circular arrow) whenever it tells you to.

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Make your poffin. You have to be careful when making your poffin. If you stir it too slowly, you will end up burning the mixture. But if you stir too fast, you will end up spilling the mixture. You need a pace that is just right. Too many burns, spills, or both will land you with a Level 1 or 2 foul poffin.

The mini-game will end around a minute or so. It actually ends depending on how fast the poffin is made.

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Feed the poffin to your Pokémon if you want to raise its happiness, or if you want to prepare it for a Pokémon Contest (the Contest Hall can be found at the top of Hearthome City.)

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Practice makes perfect. Just because you don't make a poffin very well the first time doesn't mean you won't improve.

Once the mixture is at its darkest colour and the flame that's cooking is blue, you can stir as much as you want without fear of spilling it.

The rarer the berry used to make a poffin, the more tasty the poffin will be.

If you get a poffin which has more than two primary flavours, you will get a Rich Poffin. Rich Poffins look similar to foul poffins, but they are lighter in color.

Instead of making Poffins by yourself, try getting your friends to together! The more people making a Poffin, the higher the level is and you get back more than just one!

Poffins, unless made with friends using different berries, can be one or two primary flavors (an example is Dry-Sweet, or Spicy-Bitter). If you and your friends all use the same berry to make a poffin, you will automatically end up with a Level 2 Foul Poffin.

Poffins have five main flavours. Bitter (raises the Smartness of a Pokémon), Sweet (raises the Pokémon's Cuteness), Spicy (raises the Pokémon's Coolness), Dry (raises the Pokémon's Beauty), and Sour (raises the Pokémon's Toughness).

If you take a 'cute' Pokémon (such as Psyduck, Pikachu, or Pachirisu) and take it for a walk in Amity Square in Hearthome City, it will find something approximately every 200 steps you take, including rare berries you wouldn't find by talking to the people who give you berries.

Depending on a Pokémon's nature, most Pokémon have a favorite flavor and a least favorite flavor (for example, a Pokémon with a Modest Nature will love Dry Poffins the most but will dislike Spicy Poffins. It can still eat Bitter, Sour, and Sweet poffins, but it won't like them as much as Dry Poffins.

As a little afterthought to the above tip, there are some Pokémon with a nature that means they can eat anything (for example, a Pokémon with a Hardy Nature will eat anything the player will give them without having a favorite or a least favorite.)

Warnings

Don't get frustrated. If you find yourself getting frustrated, take a break from making poffins and do something else.

Try to follow the instructions on screen.

Making poffins can get addictive if you're very good at it.

Give your poffins wisely, there are limited slots.

Like EV training, make every poffin count. Your limited by the number of poffins, not the quality of poffins.

Each Pokémon can only eat a limited number of poffins (indicated by the stars in the sheen bar). Once the sheen bar is full, the Pokémon will no longer be able to eat additional poffins.